Partying In The City Where The Heat Is On

Over Christmas break I went to Miami, Florida to meet up with a friend I met on the cruise I went on last year.  This has been a long time coming, but here are a few pictures from that trip.

I ate DELICIOUS food.

 Visited the Everglades and saw lots of alligators.

I had a fabulous time with wonderful new friends!

And I stuck my toes in the ocean. It was COLD!

I had a great time and there are more pictures on my flickr account.

I Like My Men In Tights...

...tight tights. Ok, maybe not. My taste in men in a whole other topic and not one I plan to expand on today. :)


 I am currently reading The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle.  I've got to say I'm getting a little slowed-down by the "Nay's" and "Now how much dost thou want for thy horned cattle?" and other jazz like that.  

I can't say the Mr. Pyle has grabbed my attention as much as Mr. Mel Brooks but I'll continue on.

*Type color has changed due to influences from above mentioned book and movie.

Every Snowy Day Need A Mythical Creature

Some interesting information you may or may not know about me is my love of snow and tacky unicorns. Yesterday, I got the best of both worlds!

I awoke to the sound of my phone ringing in my ear at 4:45 am. For most people this is not a great way to start the morning, but I count it as a blessing in my life.  I woke myself up, tried to clear my throat to get the "morning voice" out and smiled to myself as I said hello to my school secretary on the other end. She politely told me there is no school due to snow. I answered excitedly back thank you! Then proceeded to sleep for another two hours. 

Stella In The Snow

My Backyard in 4 Inches of Snow

Because I had a whole weekend already I decided I should be semi-productive and began washing laundry and making breakfast for my sister and I. Of course I couldn't spend a whole school-free day working so I pulled out my most recent addition to my Tacky Unicorn Collection.  My wonderful friend Christy gave me this "Song of the Unicorn" puzzle for Christmas and I couldn't think of better way to spend my relaxing day.

My Puzzle Completed With 22 Pieces Missing

The Original Box Cover

From HeLa to Who Done It

I finished The Immortal Life of Heneritta Lacks the other day, and sort of like a cup of hot chocolate it was good until the last word. I shed a few tears as I read the last few pages of the story, but I won't tell you why. I definitely recommend this book. Even if you're not a big non-fiction fan I think you'll enjoy it. Rebecca Skloot tells the stories behind the people, and you get the background of all the characters just like a made up story.


Now that I've finished a recently published book, I've headed back almost 120 years to a well-known street in England to read The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes  by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

I'm not a big fan of mysteries, but I downloaded it free from Amazon.com to my Kindle (!!!!!!!!) and decided I had nothing to lose.  The first adventure, "A Scandal in Bohemia" was a bit predictable but I found myself laughing and enjoying it throughly.  It was a bit like "Boys go to Jupiter to get more stupider, Girls go to college to get more knowledge."






I just hope that if I'm ever being followed by a private investigator, I'll be able to get back at him just as "The Woman," Irene Adler.

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I'm an ebookworm

I haven't blogged in a while-obviously, and I don't know how long this burst of writing will last, but I'm writing now and that's all that matters.

I have been asking for a Kindle- that's the Amazon eReader in case you have been living under a rock, for Christmas for the past three years, and this year I got it! (Thanks Mom & Dad!) I wasted no time downloading some of my favorites, some not-so-favorites-but-they're-free, and a 2010 Amazon Editor's Pick, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.

(My most favorite book ever written)

(My first favorite book)

(I've never read it, but I don't think I'll be able to say that much longer)

(An amazing story. The author really had to dig deep to find all the scientific and personal stories surrounding Henrietta Lacks, and the HeLa cells which have made such and impact on the medical world we know. I haven't finished it, but I'll let you know when I do.)

I was even a bit of a creeper and looked at what other people were reading in the airport and got free samples of their books.

Basically, my Kindle is everything I wanted it to be and more. Thanks to Amazon, and to my parents, and to the unknowing people in KCI who fed my hunger for new books.